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Mystery of the green cat Mystery of the green cat Phyllis A. Whitney What significance did the Chinese ceramic figure of a green cat hold in the mind of old Mrs. Wallenstein, their neighbor, wondered Andy, Adrian, Jill and Carol, the four children of Roger Dallas and … OL15147324W
Secret of the Emerald Star Secret of the Emerald Star Phyllis A. Whitney When thirteen-year-old Robin Ward's family moves to an old Staten Island community, she becomes friends with a slightly younger Cuban refugee, Stella, who lives with a domineering grandmother in a ne… OL16071289W
Secret of the stone face Secret of the stone face Phyllis A. Whitney While staying with her mother in an old Victorian hotel, a young girl becomes entangled in a mystery involving a dangerous old mill, a labyrinth, and faked antiques. OL18264911W
Ever after Ever after Phyllis A. Whitney With a portfolio of drawings under her arm and a red feather in her hat, Marel Gordon came to the city, determined to establish herself as an illustrator of children's books. Hard work landed her a j… OL60454W
Mystery of the Haunted Pool Mystery of the Haunted Pool Phyllis A. Whitney A warm and winning story that turns into a mystery, made to order for the preteens. Susan Price has been sent ahead of her family to an aunt who has an antique shop in Highlands Landing, way up to th… OL60460W
Creole Holiday Creole Holiday Phyllis A. Whitney In the 1890's, eighteen-year-old Laurè, after years of living with her strict aunt in New York City, accompanies her famous actor father to New Orleans during Mardi Gras to acquaint herself with the… OL60465W
A Long Time Coming A Long Time Coming Phyllis A. Whitney Vacationing in a small midwestern town, eighteen-year-old Christie is drawn into the conflict between the townspeople and Mexican American migrant workers employed by her father's company. OL60466W
Nobody Likes Trina Nobody Likes Trina Phyllis A. Whitney Hanging back unhappily behind the group of girls who are teasing sullen Trina, Sandy is faced with a choice: Shall she-or shall she not-follow the popular blond leader, Melissa, so she can have a p… OL60467W
Vermilion Vermilion Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** From the very beginning, for Lindsay Phillips, there was the memory of that terrible cane with the dragon's head-threatening horror, torment, death. And always there was Vermi… OL60469W
Amethyst Dreams Amethyst Dreams Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** For several years, time and circumstance have managed to separate Hallie Knight and her old friend Susan Trench, but when Susan disappears from her grandfather's seaside home o… OL60471W
Spindrift Spindrift Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** Inside the wall of a palatial Newport estate, a violent struggle was beginning. Christy Moreland had come back to Spindrift determined to uncover the truth behind the mansion's… OL60479W
Lost Island Lost Island Phyllis A. Whitney A dramatic mystery which involves a woman who returns to her childhood home and to many complex relationships. OL60483W
The moonflower The moonflower Phyllis A. Whitney When Jerome Talbot's brilliant scientific career led him to Japan, his wife, Marcia, knew it meant a long separation for them. But she confidently awaited word to join him and when, instead, she rece… OL60484W
Columbella Columbella Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** *That was a night of gold and red, with torches flaming on the hilltop and the lights of Charlotte Amalie fanning out around the harbor below. A night of water lily and sweet-s… OL60486W
Emerald Emerald Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** *Emerald* takes heroine Carol Hamilton to the intriguing, subtly shadowed world of Palm Springs, California, where a secret reaching back into Hollywood history is about to exp… OL60487W
The Golden Unicorn The Golden Unicorn Phyllis A. Whitney *"Don't try to find out who you are, Courtney. You may uncover horrors you're better off not knowing. Be satisfied with the loving parents who raised you. Let the door stay closed...."* On the … OL60489W
Hunter's Green Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney *"The nightmare was one from which I could not waken. I was caught upon a chessboard, a helpless pawn in a game of life and death, and the green rook was hunting me. That tall rook of green-black yew… OL60490W
Poinciana Poinciana Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** When Ross Logan proposed, it seemed that Sharon Hollis's dreams had come true, and that the nightmare of her recent past was at last over. She would be safe with Ross, she woul… OL60491W
Silverhill Silverhill Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** *Silverhill*-a gray ghost of a house brooding among its white birch trees, which seems to Mallie Rice haunted by evil reflections from the past. In its Hall of Mirrors even he… OL60492W
The winter people The winter people Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** When Glen Chandler first removed the combs from Dina's pale hair and said, "You're my winter girl," Dina seemed to surrender her will to him forever. She married Glen without e… OL60494W
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